Featured Modules

Select modules that align with our University values of a greener, healthier and fairer world. Browse these modules to find options which align with your interests and values:

Level 2

ECE2002 Health, Place and Wellbeing  (15 credits)

GEO2449 Green Consultants (15 credits)

HIC2009 Ecology and Empire (15 credits)

HIC2029 Histories of Everyday Life in Modern Cornwall (15 credits)

HIC2038 Caribbean Histories: Colonialism, Resistance and Environmental Crisis (15 credits)

Level 3

ECE3003 Global and Planetary Health (15 credits)

HIC3*** Bombs, beams, and boffins: Scientists, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century (30 credits) – new module for 2025/26

HIC3006 Indigenous Heritage and Belief (30 credits)

HIC3010 Pacific Histories: Environment, People and Politics (30 credits)

HIC3316 The Environment and Everyday Life in Modern Britain (30 credits)

HUC3048 Writing Nature (30 credits)                     

POC3103 The Resource Paradox: Blessing or Curse? (15 credits)

Interested in languages?

Would you like to try to learn a new one or continue to develop that one you had to put on hold?  

Boost your employability and global profile by using up to 30 credits per year to study a second language alongside your degree programme on Penryn campus at no extra cost. 

And if you like it and successfully complete a minimum of 60 credits in the same language by the end of your undergraduate studies, you will be able to choose to have these additional skills formally recognised on your degree title and officially graduate in BA/BSc in [insert your programme] with proficiency in the language you have studied. 

All our language modules are taught in-person and on campus with a communicative approach. You get a minimum of three-contact hours per week and are assessed on your understanding of the target language as well as on your written production and conversational skills. Lots of opportunities are provided too for undergraduates to develop other transferable skills such as teamwork and intercultural communication. 

We offer French and Spanish courses from Beginner to post A-Level, and Cornish and Mandarin Chinese modules from Beginner level only. Your previous language experience, if any, is always taken into consideration when you register in one of our optional modules, and your final entry levels are assigned accordingly. 

Please note that if you are in the final year of your UG studies, languages can only be taken at an Intermediate or Advanced level. 

These are the credit-bearing modules we are advertising for 2025/26:  

Cornish 

PLC1130 Cornish Beginners 

PLC1131 Cornish for Beginners Part 1 (term one only) 

French  

PLF1130 French Beginners 

PLF1131 French Beginners Part 1 (term one only) 

PLF2230 French Intermediate One 

PLF2231 French Intermediate One Part 1 (term one only) 

PLF2330 French Intermediate Two  

PLF3430 French Advanced One 

PLF3431 French Advanced One Part 1 (term one only) 

PLF3530 French Advanced Two 

Mandarin Chinese 

PLM1130 Mandarin Chinese Beginners 

PLM1131 Mandarin Chinese Beginners Part 1 (term one only) 

 Spanish 

PLS1130 Spanish Beginners 

PLS1131 Spanish Beginners Part 1 (term one only) 

PLS2230 Spanish Intermediate One 

PLS2231 Spanish Intermediate One Part 1 (term one only) 

PLS2330 Spanish Intermediate Two  

PLS3430 Spanish Advanced One 

PLS3431 Spanish Advanced One Part 1 (term one only) 

“Part 1” modules are 15-credit courses running only in term one for those students who have not enough space for a longer course.  

All these modules are subject to timetable availability and will only run if a minimum requirement for student numbers is met. There is a risk that a module you have applied for will not run as advertised. You will be informed in as timely a manner as possible should this be the case (although this may be at short notice) and if possible, we would look to run the module again at a later date. 

We also work closely with Modern Languages colleagues on our other campuses. Find out more about our online non-credit bearing cross-campus language study options via the Language Centre webpages. 

Interested in Work Placements?

Placement modules are designed to increase your overall competitiveness in the graduate job market. They are a fantastic way to source and secure valuable work experience opportunities as a core element of your degree programme and enable you to develop crucial employability skills and enhance your future job prospects.

Students who undertake placements generally have better graduate outcomes than those who do not undertake a placement. The benefit of gaining work experience through a module is that you have the support of the Placements team in securing your placement opportunity through 1:1 support, workshops and lectures designed to develop your job-hunting skills.

For more information on placement modules, please see the relevant module pages:

Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy

ENE3008 Work Placement Report (15 credits)

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

POC1029 Work Placement (15 credits)

POC2047 Work Placement (15 credits)

HUC2001 Work Placement (15 credits)

LAW2042C Work Placement (15 credits)

You may also be able to complete a placement year between your second and final year of study. You will need to speak to your department to find out if this available to you and if you can switch.

For more information about placements, please contact penryn-epa@exeter.ac.uk. Our advisors will be able to help you, book you in for an appointment, or let you know when our placement drop-ins are taking place.